{"product_id":"the-wall","title":"The Wall","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"display_only apex-item-display-only\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman's weekend away in the Austrian mountains takes an inexplicable and sinister turn - and becomes a fight for survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CLAIRE-LOUISE BENNETT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman takes a holiday in the Austrian mountains, spending a few days with her cousin and his wife in their hunting lodge. When the couple fails to return from a walk, the woman sets off to look for them. But her journey reaches a sinister and inexplicable dead end. She discovers only a transparent wall behind which there seems to be no life. Trapped alone behind the mysterious wall she begins the arduous work of survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is at once a simple account of potatoes and beans, of hoping for a calf, of counting matches, of forgetting the taste of sugar and the use of one's name, and simultaneously a disturbing dissection of the place of human beings in the natural world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most beautiful and most harrowing books I’ve ever read, as well as one of the best' Susan Choi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Every joint and sinew of the story is restless with a sense of threat' \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant in its sustainment of dread, in its peeling away of old layers of reality to expose a raw way of seeing and feeling.' Nicole Krauss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRANSLATED BY SHAUN WHITESIDE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ctime datetime=\"2022-10-20\"\u003ePublished: 27\/05\/2025\u003c\/time\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9781784879976\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLength: 256 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: \u003cspan id=\"P1201_FORMAAT\" class=\"display_only apex-item-display-only\"\u003e198 x 130 x 17\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"display_only apex-item-display-only\"\u003eWeight: 183g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Bookworm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54825674899793,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0914\/7020\/1169\/files\/9781784879976.jpg?v=1788860770","url":"https:\/\/thebookworm.eu\/products\/the-wall","provider":"The Bookworm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}